Rabbi Korf, a prominent religious figure in Milton, passed away on January 11th.

Rabbi Korf about whom Selectman Marion McEttick said, “(He was) a religious presence, a scholar, and, at the same time, he was a tremendous humanitarian.”

The obituary in the Boston Globe begins: “As his mother Gittel ran for safety, clutching her infant son, machine-gun fire ripped into her, causing her to fall flat on her back. Wounded, she warned her children to rush to safety, to hide with relatives.” You can read the full article here.